Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2025-11-25

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Nov 25
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,062 head
▲ 2,062 vs last sale 0▲ 244 vs year ago 1,818 · +13.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 0▲ 34 vs year ago 76 · +44.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeders traded sharply lower with the CME feeder and live cattle board locked the limit down on monday leaving feeders trading mostly $20.00-$25.00 lower.slaughter cows and bulls trading steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $376.23/cwt on 280 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −99.61 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$376.23
280 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,076
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$48.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.88
vs MO average
−22.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544386.602,102220
Medium and Large 1-2581338.231,96660
One grade step is worth $48.36/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale280 hd
376.23
—
MO average17 barns · 2,240 hd
380.11
−3.88
National average33 barns · 4,299 hd
398.67
−22.44
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−99.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
523477431385median 475.8403/1004/2106/0209/0110/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.37, low $399.14, median $475.84 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,800170.273,0654thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,517141.412,14512
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,332135.851,81023
CowsLean 85-90%High1,102131.321,44832

Every lot

79 lots · USDA AMS · Unionville Livestock Market - Unionville, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2271460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2474
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385465.71/cwt455.00–486.001,7936
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6384
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned396440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,74242
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427478.58/cwt474.00–487.502,04414
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6394
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned454460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0888
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466421.17/cwt417.50–440.001,96370
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484395.96/cwt375.00–412.501,91637
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490383.46/cwt370.00–390.001,87925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2502390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9585
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519398.41/cwt384.00–404.002,06842
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520406.59/cwt395.50–415.002,11481
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560373.37/cwt370.00–390.002,09133
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582360.36/cwt340.00–365.002,09764
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned586329.31/cwt326.00–332.001,93021
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590336.13/cwt336.00–337.501,98334
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610377.60/cwt375.00–380.002,30359
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned610325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9834
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633332.50/cwt312.50–339.002,10554
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned652338.58/cwt336.00–340.002,20831
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664349.49/cwt344.00–354.002,32181
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680316.82/cwt316.00–325.002,15480
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,9809
Steers650–700Large 1687313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,1507
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned691312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,1564
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned713297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,1184
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718326.03/cwt320.00–331.002,34116
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned727307.25/cwt306.00–310.502,23446
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731310.22/cwt296.00–319.002,26836
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766336.38/cwt336.25–336.502,577117
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy770281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1645
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy835312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,60911
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845322.12/cwt322.00–322.252,722126
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,73264
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3523
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned371384.35/cwt380.00–390.001,4269
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411393.30/cwt382.50–415.001,61615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned424367.76/cwt367.50–368.001,55925
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446356.38/cwt350.00–360.001,58911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469365.94/cwt358.00–375.001,71633
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490349.44/cwt346.00–365.001,71224
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned514335.16/cwt326.00–340.001,72332
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned522311.14/cwt300.00–335.001,62414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523343.12/cwt325.00–352.501,79589
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,82811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569332.71/cwt318.00–339.501,89340
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,82712
Heifers550–600Large 1589317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,8678
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy589308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,8145
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement592339.77/cwt337.00–342.002,01152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement601377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,26621
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,96517
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned622285.91/cwt270.00–303.001,77819
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy632282.70/cwt277.00–289.001,78719
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7716
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned664297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,9728
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670305.50/cwt305.00–308.002,04718
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement691339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,34627
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy716257.05/cwt250.00–260.001,8407
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned717278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,9935
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722280.97/cwt278.00–284.002,0298
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy758262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,9908
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1802280.50/cwt280.50–280.502,25024
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,107205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,26910
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5467
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7534
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,800170.27/cwt157.00–179.003,0654
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940104.00/cwt104.00–104.009781
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,092133.62/cwt130.00–139.001,45915
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,103125.34/cwt110.00–129.001,38312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180147.49/cwt141.00–152.001,7404
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308142.80/cwt140.00–144.501,8683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333134.39/cwt131.00–137.001,79111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,336136.12/cwt135.00–138.501,8198
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7671
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451136.50/cwt133.00–139.001,9814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,509142.85/cwt140.00–144.502,1567
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,835151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,7711

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.